Operating system¹

Genuine Windows Vista^® Ultimate

Genuine Windows Vista^® Home Premium

Platform¹

Intel^® Centrino^® 2 processor technology, featuring:

• Intel^® Core^™2 Duo or Core^™2 Quad processor with up to 6MB of L2 cache, supporting Intel^® 64 architecture

• Mobile Intel^® PM45 Express Chipset

• Intel^® Wireless WiFi Link 5100/5300 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED^® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp^™ with Nplify^{™2, 3} wireless technology

• Intel^® Wireless WiFi Link 5150/5350 Wi-Fi^®/WiMAX^™ dual-mode module⁴, featuring:

• Wi-Fi^® (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED^® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp^™ with Nplify^{™2, 3} wireless technology

• WiMAX^™ (single-band 802.16e/2.5G) WiMAX Forum Certified^® WAN (Wide Area Network) connection⁴, featuring Mobile WiMAX^™ and MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp^™ with Nplify^™3 wireless technology

System memory^{1, 5, 6}

Dual-channel DDR3 SDRAM support

Up to 2 GB of DDR3 1066 MHz memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using two soDIMM modules⁷

Display

18.4" Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, high-brightness (220-nit), Acer CineCrystal^™ TFT LCD, two lamps, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista^™

16:9 aspect ratio

8 ms high-def response time

60% color gamut

18.4" HD+ 1680 x 945 pixel resolution, high-brightness (220-nit) Acer CineCrystal^™ TFT LCD, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista^™

16:9 aspect ratio

8 ms high-def response time

60% color gamut

TV-tuner¹

Acer TV-tuner options:

Digital TV-tuner supporting DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial) standard (6 to 8 MHz)

TV-tuner I/O:

• RF-in jack for digital TV antenna cable input

TV-tuner cable:

• PAL cable for digital TV input, PAL/SECAM-to-NTSC port converter

Acer DVB-T antenna (UHF/VHF reception) supporting Acer SignalUp^™ technology

Graphics

NVIDIA^® GeForce^® 9700M GT with up to 2303⁸ MB of TurboCache^™ (512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 VRAM, up to 1791 MB of shared system memory), supporting NVIDIA^® PureVideo^™ HD technology, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.0, Microsoft^® DirectX^® 10

NVIDIA^® GeForce^® 9600M GT with up to 2815⁸ MB of TurboCache^™ (1024 MB of dedicated GDDR2 VRAM, up to 1791 MB of shared system memory), supporting NVIDIA^® PureVideo^™ HD technology, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.0, Microsoft^® DirectX^® 10

Dual independent display support

16.7 million colors

MPEG-2/DVD decoding

WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) decoding

HDMI^™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) support

Acer Arcade^™ Deluxe featuring Acer CinemaVision^™ and Acer ClearVision^™ technologies⁹

Audio

Optimized 2^nd Generation Dolby Home Theater^®10 audio enhancement, featuring Dolby^® Digital, Dolby^® Digital Live, Dolby^® Pro Logic^® IIx, Dolby^® Headphone, Dolby^® Natural Bass and Dolby^® Sound Space Expander technologies¹¹

Acer CineSurround with five built-in speakers and one Acer Tuba CineBass booster supporting low-frequency effects

True5.1-channel surround sound output

High-definition audio support

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)¹² support for digital speakers

MS-Sound compatible

Acer PureZone technology with two built-in stereo microphones featuring beam forming, echo cancellation, and noise suppression technologies

Storage¹

One or two 120/160/250/320 GB or larger hard disk drives¹³

Intel^® Turbo Memory supported¹

6-in-1 card reader, supporting Secure Digital^™ (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), MultiMediaCard Plus (MMCplus^™), Memory Stick^® (MS), Memory Stick PRO^™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card^™ (xD)

Optical media drive¹

1x Blu-Ray Disc^™ writer / DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive

2X Blu-ray Disc^™/ DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive

8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive

Communication¹

Acer Video Conference, featuring:

• Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting enhanced Acer PrimaLite^™ technology

• Acer Video Conference Manager software featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE) technology with H.264 video compression, supporting 640 x 480 resolution online video calls with drag-and-drop Picture-in-Picture (PIP) interactivity¹⁴

• Acer PureZone technology

• Optional Acer Xpress VoIP phone

WLAN¹:

• Intel^® Wireless WiFi Link 5100/5300 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED^® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp^™ with Nplify^{™2, 3} wireless technology

• Intel^® Wireless WiFi Link 5150/5350 Wi-Fi^®/WiMAX^™ dual-mode module⁴, featuring:

• Wi-Fi^® (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED^® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp^™ with Nplify^{™2, 3} wireless technology

• WiMAX^™ (single-band 802.16e/2.5G) WiMAX Forum Certified^® WAN (Wide Area Network) connection⁴, featuring Mobile WiMAX^™ and MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp^™ with Nplify^{™2, 3} wireless technology

WPAN¹: Bluetooth^® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

LAN: Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN ready

Modem: 56K ITU V.92 with PTT approval¹⁵, Wake-on-Ring ready

Privacy control

Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint solution, featuring Windows^® logon, computer protection, Acer FingerLaunch, ProfileLaunch, MusicLaunch, Password Bank, MyLaunch, FingerNav

BIOS user, supervisor, HDD passwords

Kensington lock slot

Dimensions and weight¹

441.4 (W) x 300 (D) x 40.2/44.2 (H) mm (17.4 x 11.8 x 1.58/1.74 inches)

4.1 kg (9.04 lbs.)

Power¹

ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard: supports Standby and Hibernation power-saving modes

71 W 4800 mAh 8-cell Li-ion battery pack:

• 2-hour battery life¹⁶ with NVIDIA^® GeForce^® 9700M GT

• 2.5-hour battery life¹⁶ with NVIDIA^® GeForce^® 9600M GT

Acer QuicCharge^™ technology:

• 80% charge in 1 hour

• 2-hour rapid charge system-off

• 3-hour charge-in-use

3-pin 90 W AC adapter

ENERGY STAR^® 4.0

Special keys and controls¹

105-/106-key keyboard with inverted "T" cursor layout, 2.5 mm (minimum) key travel

Touchpad pointing device with Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint reader, featuring Acer FingerNav 4-way control function¹

12 function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows^® keys, hotkey controls, standard numeric keypad, international language support, independent US and Euro dollar sign keys

Empowering Key

Easy-launch buttons: WLAN, Bluetooth^®, email, Internet

Acer CineDash media console capacitive human interface device, including:

• Acer Arcade^™

• Volume meter (volume up/down)

• Menu navigation (enter/back/left/right)

• Media control (play/pause, stop, previous, next, fast forward, rewind)

• Mute and hold keys

Acer Media Center remote control (optional)

I/O ports¹

ExpressCard^™/54 slot

6-in-1 card reader (SD^™, MMC, MMCplus^™, MS, MS PRO, xD)

Four USB 2.0 ports

HDMI^™ port with HDCP support

eSATA¹⁷

Consumer infrared (CIR) port

External display (VGA) port

RF-in jack

Headphone/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support

Microphone-in jack

Line-in jack

Ethernet (RJ-45) port

Modem (RJ-11) port

DC-in jack for AC adapter

Software

Acer Empowering Technology (Acer eAudio, ePower, eDataSecurity¹, eRecovery, eSettings Management); Acer Arcade^™1 Deluxe (featuring Cinema, Album, Music, Acer HomeMedia); Acer InstantOn Arcade; Acer Bio-Protection; Acer Crystal Eye¹; Acer GridVista^™; Acer Launch Manager; Acer GameZone¹; Acer Video Conference Manager featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE)¹⁴; Adobe^® Reader^®; CyberLink^® PowerDirector^® trial version; McAfee^® Internet Security Suite; NTI Media Maker^™; Microsoft^® Works 8.5 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial¹

Optional items

Acer Xpress VoIP phone and Acer Video Conference Manager pack

Acer Media Center remote control

512 MB/1 GB/2 GB DDR3 667 MHz soDIMM module

8-cell Li-ion battery pack

3-pin 90 W AC adapter

External USB floppy disk drive

Warranty

One-year International Travelers Warranty (ITW)

Acer recommends Windows Vista^® Business.

1. Specifications vary depending on model.

2. Acer Nplify^™, a high-throughput wireless solution, delivers superior performance and reliable connections while enabling emerging voice, video and data applications. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED^®, it supports Acer SignalUp^™ wireless technology and is compliant with 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N and 802.11b/g standards.

3. Actual throughput may vary depending on network conditions and environmental factors such as network traffic or overhead, building construction and access point settings.

4. Subject to availability.

5. Up to 1 GB of available system memory may be allocated for system resource requirements.

6. Shared system memory may be allocated to support integrated graphics, depending on system memory size and other factors. Actual system memory available to the operating system will be reduced by the amount of dedicated and shared system memory utilized by the graphics solution and resources required by the operating environment.

7. A 64-bit operating system is required to enjoy the ultimate performance of 4 GB memory.

8. For systems with 4 GB of system memory. The total graphics memory visible to the OS is less than the actual size allocated from the physical memory installed and varies depending on the configuration under a 32-bit OS.

9. Powered by CyberLink^® technology.

10. Dolby^® is a registered trademark of Dolby^® Laboratories. Dolby Home Theater^® is a trademark of Dolby^® Laboratories.

11. Dolby Pro Logic^® and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby^® Laboratories.

12. Supports 7.1-channel surround sound and 2-channel stereo output (multiple streaming).

13. 1 GB is 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less and may vary depending on preloaded materials and operating environment. Acer eRecovery Management utilizes up to 10 GB of the stated hard disk capacity as dedicated backup space.

14. Two VQE-enabled Acer notebooks with dual-core processors are required to enjoy the exclusive benefits and added performance of VQE.

15. PTT countries: Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan. Europe: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. Oceania: Australia, New Zealand. N. America: Canada, USA.

16. Battery life varies depending on product specifications, computer settings, and applications or features launched, and may be reduced if Windows Aero^™ is enabled. All batteries' maximum capacity diminishes with time and use.

17. While an eSATA device is plugged in, three USB 2.0 ports remain functional.

In a continuing effort to improve the quality of our products, information in this document is subject to change without notice. Images shown are only representations of some of the configurations available for this model. Availability may vary depending on region.

As a phenomenon known to thin-film transistors (TFTs), liquid crystal displays (LCDs) commonly exhibit a small number of discoloration dots, as so-called "non-conforming pixels." This phenomenon is a limitation of TFT LCD technology, not a product defect, and as such is not covered by Acer's warranty.